choc banana ice dream with walnuts

amaaaaazing chocolate and banana vegan ice cream!! it's perfect if you don't like or can't eat dairy, and you're craving ice cream. i know that bananas are expensive at the moment, but if you find some particularly ripe ones that are on sale at the fruit store, they'll work just fine, as riper bananas tend to flavour better when cooking with them.


Preparation time: 10mins (+ approx. 5 hours freezing time)
Serves 4-6
Ingredients:

• 550g (1lb) frozen banana
•  ½ lemon, juice only
• 295g (10oz) silken tofu
• 1 tbs cocoa powder
• 1 tbs honey or agave nectar
• 125g (4oz) dark dairy-free chocolate, chopped into smallish chunks
• 50g of raw walnuts

1. Blend the frozen banana with the silken tofu, lemon juice, cocoa powder and honey or agave nectar until thick and smooth.
2. Add the chopped chocolate and walnuts and blend for another 30 seconds or until the chocolate and nuts are mixed through and there is still lots of chocolate and walnut chunks mixed through.
3. Serve straight away as a soft cold pudding or freeze in an air-tight container for up to 5-6 hours until just firm. If it freezes to a point where it is too hard, allow it to soften a little before serving.
    
4. Enjoy! 

there are heaps of online resources for vegetarian and vegan recipes but Veggie Num Num would have to be my favourite (i realise the name is a little quirky, but it's literally the noise you make when you're eating this ice cream, so i kind of understand where it came from).

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